Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 733

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 3 Episode 203
67. Hill Tank (3)
“Why aren’t you withdrawing the troops!?”
“Are you going to keep them on the fortress wall!?”
No one could understand why the archers remained on the fortress wall.
“Huh!?”
“Did he… press the piercing arrow upgrade!?”
The Joseon Commander continued with an unexpected decision.
“No way… could it be…!?”
The piercing arrow upgrade was slow, but Joseon was advancing to Age 3 remarkably quickly.
And the front-line archers positioned and left on the fortress wall.
Seeing these elements, King Gul’s mind painted a picture.
A picture of striking deeper into enemy territory with the extended range.
“Is he really trying to execute a proper hill tank strategy!?”
While the piercing arrow upgraded, Persia advanced to Age 3.
No significant battle broke out then either.
Joseon waited for the piercing arrow, while Persia spent the time recovering from accumulated damage and remained cautious.
“For Persia, getting their economy running smoothly is the priority! They’re in complete turtle mode right now!?”
The economy situation favored Persia.
Joseon couldn’t expand their economy while unleashing relentless attacks, but ironically, Persia, while fleeing, somehow managed to establish an expansion base.
This was one of the reasons Persia was called a master of turtling.
“Like a cunning snake slipping over a wall! Before you know it, another crisis has passed! And they even grabbed an expansion! They’re confident in their defense! Persia!”
“People watching from now on won’t even realize Persia was hit!? They’ll just think the main base wall was captured!”
“Exactly! The main base wall! That’s the variable here!? It’s the pivot point where Joseon continues their attack…!”
Then it happened.
[Piercing Arrow – Complete]
The piercing arrow upgrade was complete.
“It’s done!?”
“Let me explain this! The piercing arrow is a faction ability, so the function appears without needing to receive the weapon! Like spears!”
“…!”
Caster’s eyes widened at those words.
“So just like spears appeared out of nowhere! This also just appears!?”
“Yes! Because it’s a faction ability! This seems to be what the Joseon Commander intended!?”
-Scary
-Planned all the way to here?
-So that’s why they didn’t withdraw
-Wow
-So even short bows work like that??
-Insane
“If you shoot with a short bow, the range won’t be as far as a gakgung! But it’ll be much further than now─”
King Gul couldn’t finish his sentence.
──TWANG!
The sound of Sori’s velocity breaking through erupted across the battlefield.
Almond had already released his first arrow.
WHIIIIISH!
Tearing through the air, it struck the soldier’s head on the defensive tower with perfect accuracy.
SPLURCH!
With the sound of something bursting, his head vanished.
“!?”
“!”
lol
-From that distance in one shot lmao
-Wow
-Damn
-Is this the Nut Fans’ secret weapon!?
-Gasp
“It… it actually connects from that range!?”
“And it hit! A headshot! So now…”
The Joseon archers on the fortress wall began landing their arrows again.
Even after reducing their main base territory.
This was an emergency for Persia.
“Persiaaaa! Emergency alarmmmmm!!!”
This became the signal.
Almond now targeted the Persia workers constructing a building.
TWANG…!
The worker’s head flew off.
From that moment, every archer who had confirmed the range released their bowstrings. Countless arrows carved through the sky.
TWANG!
TWANG!
TANG-TANG!
With explosive reports like gunfire, the workers under construction began collapsing one after another.
-Wow lmao
-My mind’s blown!
-This is it man
-Hill tank lol for real
-What happens when the Gakgung enters
-Using arrows like this? lmao wow
“Persia must be dying to break down that fortress wall!!!”
“No, the worst part is the Persia commander still doesn’t know!!”
What was remarkable was that the Persia commander’s expression hadn’t changed at all.
It wasn’t because he was too composed.
“If they die in a single hit!! No warning signal goes out! The Commander is human too! They can’t see every situation at every moment!? Usually they find out after hearing the warning signal!”
Since no warning signal had sounded, the Commander remained unaware for the moment.
“These Workers! More are dying!!”
Twang!
Thwack thwack!
Every Worker in that vicinity began collapsing.
“Persia just advanced to the 3rd Age and has so many buildings left to construct!?”
“Ah, Elifer! Now his expression is changing!?”
Hahahahaha
-0_0 <<< That expression lolol
Hahaha, that's hilarious!
I was totally flustered lol
-his expression is a masterpiece
"He must be wondering what's happening! The archers on the fortress wall were clearly isolated!"
"That's right. Since he hasn't experienced arrow fire much! He wouldn't know! That arrows just appear like that!"
"Yes! It's Persia! Who would use arrows against Elephants! Except Choi Sun-sin!!"
Elifer immediately cancels all buildings and evacuates the Workers further inward.
Now Persia's operational range has shrunk even more.
"Persia! Now you're just trying to add a few more toppings to your pizza! But the crust got bigger! There's nowhere left to put the toppings!"
Hahahahahaha
Pizza that's half bread lol
Hahaha, that's so funny!
"Earlier when Persia coolly said 'nah that's not pizza' and threw away the crust! Now Joseon is saying it!? You didn't cherish the crust…!"
What the heck lol
I can't translate this as it appears to be random Korean characters that don't form coherent words or meaningful text.
Hahahahaha, that's hilarious!
-proper discipline for crust-wasters
-the righteous world's pizza
Picky eater destroyed lol
-well played with the crust management following the Worker management~
The archers' assault from the fortress wall didn't end with just a few Workers.
"Crust! Cruuuust!!"
As King Gul cried out, arrows continued flying and struck down troops scattered throughout the area.
"You didn't cherish the cruuust! Cruuuust!!"
That's not it lol
-obsessed with crust
-crust.
Hahaha, that's so funny!
What's with the tension lol
-Bang!
Those forces couldn't even attempt to climb the fortress wall, forced to flee from the Joseon archers.
It was obvious that attempting to breach with insufficient numbers would result in a catastrophic defeat.
"What's fortunate for Persia is that it's short-range arrows! The gold mine and other resources remain untouched!?"
"Ah, yes. Gold becomes crucial in the late game, and elephants especially are units that consume gold. So it's fortunate the gold mine is still operational."
"Yes. However, constructing additional buildings has become problematic… especially timber, which now depends entirely on the expansion base."
Still, the gold mine and other resources continue flowing smoothly. The only issue is being unable to build additional structures at the main base.
But in an RTS game, being unable to construct additional buildings means civilization advancement has completely stalled.
It was a more serious problem than resource scarcity.
Here, Elifer solves the problem once again through the expansion base.
"Ah, but Elifer is calmly rebuilding structures at the expansion base, right?"
The 6 o'clock expansion base that Persia had prepared outside the 9 o'clock main base—the multi.
He was constructing the necessary buildings there.
These structures were essential for producing units and weapons befitting the 3rd age, as well as faction upgrades.
"Having expanded the multi turned out to be a masterstroke."
"Yes. Resources are flowing in abundantly. But Joseon knows the location, right? They've completely locked down the main base, so they'll probably need to harass here soon?"
"Yes! From Joseon's perspective, seeing Persia develop the 6 o'clock multi must be irritating, right?"
While praising Persia's quite excellent response.
"Huh!? But this…"
The red dots on the minimap suddenly began moving in unison.
Joseon forces were abruptly rushing toward Persia's main base en masse.
"Joseon is about to say something again!? You really didn't cherish Bang!!"
Judging by the concentrated formation—
"If Persia doesn't notice this!"
It was Joseon's all-out assault.
"He's done for!!!"

* * *
The 6 o'clock multi and the 9 o'clock main base.
From Joseon's perspective, who had been leading the game, it was infuriating that Persia had taken the multi instead, swelling their resources.
Of course, Joseon could have built a multi at 12 o'clock as well, but they chose not to.
Building a multi requires money and time.
Joseon intended to completely explode the winning momentum they'd secured from the early game during this 3 o'clock phase.
They gathered troops with the money they would have spent building a multi.
Rather than thinking of the future and earning interest, they took the immediate cash.
It was to overwhelm a single critical moment, and that moment was now.
[All forces mobilize]
Kuguguguguuu…!
The entire army moved out.
The direction was 9 o'clock.
By standard doctrine, they should have attacked the 6 o'clock multi, but Joseon rushed toward 9 o'clock instead.
'The 6 o'clock position is harder to crack.'
Sarang had judged that attacking 6 o'clock would be more difficult.
Troops were already positioned there, with the fortress walls defended solidly, and troop production was possible.
It functioned essentially like the main base, but the defense was actually superior to the main base itself. Because it was Persia's forces on the fortress walls, not Joseon's.
Meanwhile, 9 o'clock had Joseon forces stationed on the fortress walls.
Tanks were positioned on the hill; they only needed to send in ground troops.
"What sharp judgment!? Joseon! Are they skipping the 6 o'clock multi and just going straight for the main base!?"
"The real target is there anyway, right!?"
The enemy's supreme commander was at 9 o'clock.
If they killed the supreme commander, the game would end, so there was no reason to waste time at 6 o'clock.
Of course, the risk was high.
While attacking here, Persia would still be gaining resources from both 9 and 6 o'clock.
If time dragged on and things stalled, Joseon would edge closer to defeat.
The safer path might have been for Joseon to grab the 12 o'clock multi as well and play slowly.
But Sarang was certain that Joseon wasn't a civilization that played that way.
"W-wait! If I'm not mistaken! Can you zoom in on that!? I can see soldiers carrying two gakgungs each!?"
Gakgung.
Naturally, the key weapon in this all-out assault.
If these weapons were delivered to the archers on the fortress walls, giving them gakgungs?
It would be like giving wings to a tiger.
If that happened, her calculation was that Joseon could seize 9 o'clock in an instant even with fewer troops.
"This makes the bread even! Even! Bigger!?"
With simple bows and broadhead arrows, they'd already prevented Persia from building any more structures.
If gakgungs with broadhead arrows came into play, something Persia wouldn't even want to imagine would happen.
"No, if they get gakgungs! At this point it's just half a pizza of bread!? Persia! Are you just going to sit there!?"
The Joseon forces, who had rushed across the map in an instant, began placing ladders against the fortress walls.
Persia seemed to be thinking of something else, offering no resistance to this.
"Persia can't mount a defense inside the main camp right now!? With shield bearers and archers blocking it completely, if we try to break through there, we'll lose several times more soldiers!?"
To be precise, the expected value of resistance was low. Persia had to find another way.
"Persia will consider how to overcome this situation… Ah… but it looks like they're summoning elephants from the multi-unit pool right now?"
Even as he spoke, the Joseon forces continued closing in on Persia's main camp.
Thunk! Crash…!
Five or six ladders were placed against the fortress wall. Joseon soldiers climbed up them.
Those leading the charge were mostly swordsmen, and they carried gakgungs strapped to their backs.

* * *
Maratang's large face popped up over the fortress wall as he shouted.
"Gakgung delivery here!"
"!"
The faces of all the archers who had been using short bows with armor-piercing arrows lit up.
"Oh."
Almond received the gakgung first and nocked an arrow into the bowstring.
Grrrrr…!
The fierce twang of the gakgung's bowstring transmitted through his hands.
Almond had a rough sense of the range combining the gakgung and armor-piercing arrows.
He was trying to target the farthest soldier he could strike from here.
Then, an order came down.
Ping.
[Attack]
An attack ping was marked on a soldier carrying ore.
'Can I reach that distance?'
A distance barely visible.
For a moment, he thought it was too far, but then he realized.
'The fortress wall bonus.'
He hadn't accounted for the fortress wall bonus.
Being on the fortress wall meant the range extended further.
Almond furrowed his brow and aimed toward the ore carrier.
'Still too far.'
The worker visible from here was truly tiny. The common saying about looking like ants was the perfect description for this.
Now he had to hit an ant crawling beneath his feet.
Without any scope.
Sigh.
He steadied his breathing for a moment.
His heartbeat gradually slowed, and his eyes stopped blinking.
Then he released the bowstring.

* * *
"Wait, no—can we even shoot at the gold mine from here!? Is the range even possible!?"
"The range is one thing, but hitting something that far away is just…."
TWAAANG!
A sound like a gunshot cut through the commentators' words.
"!?"
"!"
The arrow traversed the vast distance in an instant, and a worker's head flew clean off.
"Did—did it hit!?"
THUD…!
The gold nugget he'd been holding plummeted uselessly to the ground.
"No, wait—if he can hit from that distance! Then the gold mine can't be mined anymore!? What happens now!?"
BANG!
At this, King Gul shot to his feet and screamed.
"It's no longer pizza anymore—it's completely ruined!!"
Hahahahahahaha
Hahaha, that's so funny!
-From now on, call it Domino "Bread."
Damn, haha
-Pizza-flavored bread lol
Pizza's mysterious 1-loss lol
-So where's the third base going?
-Are you insane lol
-"Pizza flavoring added"
Now the workers on the fortress wall were taking fire from the gold mine.
Even with resources, they had nothing.
It truly could no longer be called pizza.

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